Northern Ireland general election, 1925

Northern Ireland general election, 1925

1921 ← members 3 April 1925 → 1929 members

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader James Craig Joe Devlin None Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist (NI) Labour (NI) Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 N/A Leader's seat Down Belfast West N/A Last election 32 seats (55.0%) 6 seats (11.8%) 0 seats (0.6%) Seats won 32 11 3 Seat change 8 4 3 Popular vote 211,662 91,452 18,114 Percentage 55.0% 23.8% 4.7% Swing 11.9% 3.3% 4.7%

Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.

Prime Minister before election James Craig Ulster Unionist Elected Prime Minister James Craig Ulster Unionist

Northern Ireland 1921–72

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Northern Ireland 1921–72

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1925 was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, although they maintained their large majority. This was the last election for the Stormont parliament conducted using the Proportional Representation system. It was abolished by the Ulster Unionist government during this parliament and replaced with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1925
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ulster Unionist	40	32	0	8	- 8	61.5	55.0	211,662	-11.9
	Nationalist (NI)	11	10	4	0	+ 4	19.2	23.8	91,452	+3.3
	Independent Unionist	4	4	4	0	+ 4	7.7	9.0	34,716	+9.0
	Independent Republican	6	2	0	4	- 4	3.8	5.3	20,615	-15.2
	Labour (NI)	3	3	3	0	+ 3	5.8	4.7	18,114	+4.7
	Unbought Tenants	1	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	1.3	4,886	+1.3
	Town Tenants' Association	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	3,320	+0.9

Electorate 611,683 (512,264 in contested seats); Turnout: 75.1% (384,745).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist			55.01%
Nationalist Party			23.77%
Independent Unionist			9.02%
Independent Republican			5.36%
Labour			4.71%
Tenants Associations			2.13%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			61.54%
Nationalist Party			19.23%
Independent Unionist			7.69%
Independent Republican			3.85%
Labour			5.77%
Unbought Tenants			1.92%

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results